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|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101015207/ Lieut Gen Sir John Keane]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dost_Mohammed_Khan Dost Mohammed Khan]
|strength1=9,500 Bengal Army<br>5,000 Bombay Army<br>6,000 Shah Shujah's Army|strength2=3,000500 garrison
|casualties1=18 officers, 162 other ranks killed & wounded
|casualties2=500 killed
}}
== Sir John Keane's Army ==
'''British'''<br>
4th Hussars, now the Queen’s Royal Hussars<br>
16th Lancers now the Queen’s Royal Lancers<br>
2nd Queen’s Foot now the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment<br>
13th Foot now the Light Infantry<br>
17th Foot now the Royal Anglian Regiment<br>
'''Indian'''<br>
2nd Bengal Light Cavalry<br>
3rd Bengal Light Cavalry<br>
3rd Skinner’s Horse<br>
31st Lancers<br>
34th Poona Horse<br>
3rd Sappers and Miners<br>
Shah Shujah’s Regiment<br>
1st Bengal Fusiliers (European Regiment) later the Munster Fusiliers<br>
16th Bengal Native Infantry<br>
48th Bengal Native Infantry<br>
31st Bengal Native Infantry<br>
42nd Bengal Native Infantry<br>
43rd Bengal Native Infantry<br>
2nd Bengal Native Infantry<br>
27th Bengal Native Infantry<br>
19th Bombay Infantry later the 119th Multan Regiment<br>
''With grateful acknowledgements to [http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/ghuznee.htm BritishBattles.com]''
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ghazni Wikipedia - Battle of Ghazni]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA357&dq=Ghuznee&ei=RkxySKiLIoeusgOG3KyqBg#PPA357,M1 Google Books - Capture of Ghazni]
<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/ghuznee.htm BritishBattles.com - The Battle of Ghuznee]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ghazni 1839, Battle of]]
